Burrow had a record breaking season.
But why was Burrow unable to start at Ohio State? Do you believe Dwayne Haskins is extraordinarily talented? And why was Burrow mediocre at LSU his junior year?
I watched almost all his 61 throws (I watched the end of the NBA game and missed a few). But in the 61 passes he threw did he ever throw a pass that you looked at and said "My God, what a talent". If I had watched Mahomes, Marino or Rogers throw 61 passes I think I would have probably seen glimmers of great talent even if they played on bad teams. I did not think I saw that last night.
Haskins didn't exactly suck at Ohio State. He was a Heisman Trophy finalist who threw for 4,800 yards and 50 touchdowns his last year there. I don't know how good an NFL quarterback he'll turn out to be, but he was outstanding in college.
Similarly, Burrow was better than mediocre his junior year at LSU. He threw for almost 3,000 yards, had a 16-5 TD to INT ratio, and ran for seven TDs. The team won nine games -- it should have been 10 if they hadn't gotten royally ****ed at Texas A&M -- and played in a New Year's Six bowl. He just made such a quantum leap from 2018 to 2019 that it made it look like he was more average than he was in 2018.
It also helped that, sometime around February 2019, for the first time in 20 years LSU discovered that the forward pass is legal.
I think what Burrow really has is a mix of very capable talent and every positive intangible in the book. It's clichéd, but you see it right away when you watch him for a few games. He's tough. He doesn't panic. He has good pocket presence and knows when to run and when to scramble to buy time. He keeps his eyes downfield and can spot a play developing. He doesn't make a ton of mistakes, which is a huge part of playing QB. Give him a line that can protect him to some degree, to where they can run some deeper routes, and he'll be fine.
This was one of his signature plays in 2019, and it's the one I always think of to sum up what he brings to the table. It's a long catch and run by the receiver, off of a pass that wasn't anything special in and of itself. But the way Burrow senses pressure, moves up in the pocket, keeps the play alive, and stands in to finish the play while taking a hit are all very special. A lot of QBs would have taken a sack there. He kept his cool and created one of the biggest plays of LSU's season.
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